Cashew brittle

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 c Sugar 2 c Cashew halves
1 c Light corn syrup 1 1/2 tb Butter
1/2 c Water 1 1/2 ts Vanilla

Place sugar, water and corn syrup in a sauce pan. Stir over medium high
heat to dissolve sugar. Continue cooking, without stirring, until mixture
reaches 280 degrees on a candy thermometer. Add cashews. Continue cooking
until mixture reaches 300 deg f (hard crack stage). Remove from heat and
add vanilla and butter. Stir to mix well. Pour onto greased baking pan.
When cool, break into pieces. Makes about 2 lbs. of candy.